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Just Right show 391 – The allure of the irrational / Contradiction / Superstition discussed how it seems many people today think, or don't think. There seems to be so much of the later. Many more examples can be pointed to, but I thought of a couple after I bought some sweet potatoes and rutabagas at the grocery store.

I am not sure where the sweet potatoes and rutabagas I bought came from, but they certainly were not 'local'. The price was affordable to me, and the quality was to my standards. But since the sweet potatoes and rutabagas were not 'local' by some twisted thinking I did something wrong by buying them. I don't buy anything because it is 'local'. Quality food at a fair price is what I want. I don't care where it comes from.

There are a few reasons why humans have been trading with each other for thousands of years, and the best reason is honest trade benefits both parties. Closed markets and protectionism (like Canada's so-called 'Dairy Cartel' which is buying local on a massive scale) benefits only one party. The sweet potatoes and rutabagas were not 'organic' either.

'Organic', Kosher, and Halal are all similar to me. They are based in religion, and are not better for you nutritionally, or safer for you than other foods. 'Organic' is the Kosher and Halal of the environmentalist's religion. The difference is the Jews and Muslims choose to eat their food prepared to their religious beliefs, but they do not try to force everyone else to eat the same way they eat as the environmental movement is determined to do when it comes to 'organic' food.

Not all Jews eat Kosher, and not all Muslims eat Halal, but if you don't eat 'organic' you can't be an environmentalist because, according to the self-righteous of them, you are destroying nature. I think, and eat, for myself. 

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